Electoral Act amendment will ensure every vote counts, end results manipulation - Akpabio
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 18/02/2026
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) signed into law by President Bola Tinubu will ensure that every Nigerian vote counts. Akpabio spoke to State House correspondents shortly after Tinubu assented to the bill on Wednesday in the presence of principal officers of the national assembly. “At the end, Nigerians will benefit a lot from future elections. Every vote will now count,” he said. The senate president said the amendment eliminates the persistent problem of result manipulation between polling units and collation centres. Akpabio noted that, for the (…)
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